Inventor of Lightsphere- Gary Fong. Who is he anyway?

Gary Fong's path to a professional photography career was highly unexpected.
With a degree in Pharmacology, Gary worked in hospitals, labs, emergency rooms and pathology departments anticipating a career as a physician.
All of that changed when he decided- for richer or poorer, to begin a career in wedding photography simply because, "I wanted to be around happier people".

Breaking the news to first generation asian parents of an only child was not easy. They presented a unique challenge - he had to show in one year that he could earn more than a doctor could, or go to medical school.
So, starting with $254 and one camera in a small bedroom of his parent's apartment, he developed an album presentation style he called, "The Storybook" and it became a huge success.
Initially, Fong started shooting weddings for $150/no time limit


His celebrity clientele built quickly, photographing the cover for President Ronald Reagan's "Memoirs" book, the late President's official autobiography.
Eventually he would photograph such luminaries as, Sylvester Stallone, Hollywood Magnate Sidney Sheldon, Actress Lee Remick, Paul McCartney, Peter Criss (of Kiss) Bruce Lee, Todd Rundgren, Priscilla Presley, Pia Zadora, Michael Landon, Florence Henderson, Shelly Fabares, among many others.


In 1998, he was featured as one of the world's ten top photographers in "Weddings 2000", a televised satellite broadcast at over 90 United Artists theaters, and attended by more than 10,000 photographers throughout the United States. "Weddings 2000" was the largest educational event in the history of professional photography.

One of the first professional photographers to convert to 100% digital, Gary has a history of being a leader in computer imaging, software and design.
Creator of the industry-standard, "Montage" software, Montage became the most successful software package ever created for professional photographers.
And in 2001, he founded Pictage, Inc's Digital Professional Lab, which quickly grew to the country's largest e-commerce/Pro Digital Lab.
In 2006, Pictage was acquired by Apax Corporation for $35 million.


In 2003, he retired from wedding photography to focus on his energies as an inventor.

His charge just before retirement (for a wedding photo shoot) was USD 120,000 per session!



Gary launched a number of products for the photographic trade.
BullZeye™ is a color correction software for digital images.
The Kleper Digital Report calls BullZeye™ "an amazing digital image color correction application".
For Digital Album and Collage Design, Gary created the "Power Console™" and "BevelMats™" line of digital album design products.

In 2003, Gary launched "Cornerstone Albums™" an album company dedicated to producing high quality digital albums with 100% internet ordering and delivery.

In 2004, Gary invented and patented the "Gary Fong LightsphereII™ which quickly became an unprecedented runaway international success (It sold 300,000 within a year).

On the internet, Gary founded and operates a busy internet portal website and e-commerce solution at http://www.digitalphotographers.net

On August, 28, 2007, Gary married photographer Melissa Carl at his ranch in British Columbia. They migrate between his eleven homes in Seattle, WA; Marina Del Rey, CA and Kelowna, B.C.